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The Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss
BY-LAW No.
2026 - 24
Being a By-law to Adopt the Estimates of All Sums Required During the Year
to Strike the Rates of the Taxation for the Township of Huron-Kinloss for 2026
WHEREAS Section 8(1) and 9 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25, as
amended, provide that the powers of a municipality under this or any other Act
shall be interpreted broadly so as to confer broad authority on the municipality to
enable the municipality to govern its affairs as it considers appropriate and to
enhance the municipality's ability to respond to municipal issues and has the
capacity, rights, powers and privileges of a natural person for the purposes of
exercising its authority under this or any other Act;
AND WHEREAS Section 290 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 as amended
requires that a local municipality shall, in the year or the immediately preceding year,
prepare and adopt a budget including estimates of all sums required during the year for
the purposes of the municipality;
AND WHEREAS Section 340 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 as amended,
provides that the Treasurer of a local municipality shall prepare a tax roll for each year
based on the last returned assessment roll for the year and that the Treasurer shall collect
the taxes once the tax roll has been prepared;
AND WHEREAS Section 342 of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001, c.25 as amended,
authorizes municipalities to pass by-laws providing for the payment of taxes;
AND WHEREAS the rateable property of the Township of Huron-Kinloss according to
the last revised assessment is made up as follows;
Property Class
Assessment
Residential and Farm
1,287,709,875
Farmland Awaiting Development
0
Multi Residential
7,600,000
New Multi Residential
881,000
Commercial Occupied
33,123,803
Commercial Excess Land
91,700
Commercial Vacant Land
158,900
Commercial New Construction
0
Industrial Occupied
8,823,700
Industrial Vacant Units
0
Industrial Vacant Land
70,000
Industrial Hydro
86,900
Industrial Aggregate
2,829,400
Farmland
733,220,495
Managed Forests
3,490,200
Pipeline
9,496,000
Total
2,087,581,973
2026 Tax Rate By-law
By-law No. 2026 - 24
Page 2 of 3
AND WHEREAS the amounts to be raised are as follows:
Purpose
Levy
Township of Huron-Kinloss
$12,226,003
County of Bruce
$8,504,205
Education
$2,716,995
Total
$23,447,203
NOW THEREFORE the Council of The Corporation of the Township of Huron-Kinloss
ENACTS as follows;
1. That the estimates be adopted and they shall be levied and collected upon the
assessable lands and buildings within the Corporation of the Township of Huron-
Kinloss using the following rates for the year 2026;
Code
Class
Municipal
County
Education
Total
RT
Residential/Farm
0.00788320 0.00548342 0.00153000
0.01489662
R1
Farmland awaiting
Development
0.00591240 0.00411257 0.00114750
0.01117247
RF
Residential PIL (full)
0.00788320 0.00548342 0.00153000
0.01489662
RG
Residential PIL (general)
0.00788320 0.00548342
-
0.01336662
MT/NT Multi Residential
0.00788320 0.00548342 0.00153000
0.01489662
CF
Commercial PIL (full)
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00980000
0.02628238
CG
Commercial PIL (general)
0.00972077 0.00676161
-
0.01648238
CT
Commercial Occupied
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00880000
0.02528238
CU
Commercial Excess Land
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00880000
0.02528238
CX
Commercial Vacant Land
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00880000
0.02528238
C7
Commercial Small Scale
On-Farm
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00220000
0.01868238
XT
Commercial New
Construction
0.00972077 0.00676161 0.00880000
0.02528238
IT
Industrial Occupied
0.01377747 0.00958337 0.00880000
0.03216084
IH
Industrial Hydro
0.01377747 0.00958337 0.01250000
0.03586084
IU
Industrial Excess Land
0.01377747 0.00958337 0.00880000
0.03216084
IX
Industrial Vacant Land
0.01377747 0.00958337 0.00880000
0.03216084
I7
Industrial Small Scale
On-Farm
0.01377747 0.00958337 0.00220000
0.02556084
VT
Industrial Aggregate
0.01121086 0.00779805 0.00511000
0.02411891
HF
Landfill
0.00964860 0.00671140 0.00980000
0.02616001
PT
Pipeline
0.00801248 0.00557335 0.00880000
0.02238583
FT
Farmland
0.00197080 0.00137086 0.00038250
0.00372416
TT
Managed Forests
0.00197080 0.00137086 0.00038250
0.00372416
Special Area Rates
Sewage System Reinspection Fee $73.00/property with private sewage system.
2. The dates for payment of taxes for the third installment of taxes levied under this By-
law shall be the first business day of September, 2026 and the date for payment for
the fourth installment of taxes levied under this By-law shall be the first business day
of December, 2026.
3. A percentage charge of one and one quarter percent (1.25%) of the amount of taxes
due and unpaid, shall be imposed as a penalty for non-payment of taxes on the first
day of default. Interest charges of one and one quarter percent (1.25%) of the amount
of taxes due and unpaid, shall be imposed for the non-payment of taxes on the first
day of each calendar month in which default continues up to and including December
of each year.
2026 Tax Rate By-law
By-law No. 2026 - 24
Page 3 of 3
4. That this by-law shall come into full force and effect upon its final passage.
5. That this by-law may be cited as the "2026 Tax Rate By-law".
READ a FIRST and SECOND TIME this 16th day of March, 2026.
READ a THIRD TIME and FINALLY PASSED this 16th day of March, 2026.
Mayor
Clerk
By signing this by-law on March 16, 2026, Mayor Murray confirmed that they will not exercise the power to veto
this by-law.
Original signed by Don Murray
Original signed by Jennifer White